River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-06-09
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

On the afternoon of June 5, a
terrific electrical storm passed over Kansas
City. No, and vicinity, lightning striking
several houses. Ii is reported that a
tornado swept over Liberty. No, but the
wires were in such condition that nothing
definite can be learned from that city.
Lewis Tucked, a farmer living one mile
south of Kansas City. was struck by light
ming while standing in his doorway and in
stantly killed. The house and contents
We're entirely consumed by fire. David
Custar sought shelter for himself and horse
under tree about eight miles east Of
Kansas City. Lightning struck the tree,
instantly killing both the horse and rider.
The trustees of the Hiram (Ohio)
college, Of which Gen. Garfield was once
President. have chosen Prof William y.
WoOley, acting president OF Bethany W.
Virginia College, TO fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Prof. George
H. Laughlin, late president of Hiram. Prot
WOOley j. a kentuckian, and has taught IN
New York. Pennsylvania and West Nrr-
ginia. and is considered one of the finest
Greek and Hebrew scholars u the country.
At Tifiin, Ohio. n detective in the
employ Of the State Saloon Association.
visited .he drug stores there and purchased
whisky. sold in visitation of the Dow law
He then sw0re out warrants against SIX
drug stores, all being obliged to pay the
penalty Of sttp, each Among those caught
was member of the State legislature, the
County Auditor and representatives OF
membership in every church III the city.
Two hundred and eight cases of
small pox were reported at Santiago de
Cuba, on the 9th, and fully 100 more are
being treated 10y charaltans. The deaths
were numbered 40, not one of the victims
uanr al The disease has
appeared at Guatemala, and doubtless VIII
spraed 10 all Cuban ports The masses are
ignorant blacks. superstitiOus, and inclined
to prayers rather than vaccination.
The business failures during the last
seven days number, for the United States,
l2j: for Canada, p: total, $50, against l35
last week and Isl for the corresponding
week of last year. Failures are steadily di-
minishing in all sections of the country, es-
pecially in the Western states, where the
number for the week Is the smallest record
ed for years, the figures for the Western and
Pacific states being but twelve.
An earthquake swept over the greater
portion of Northern California and
Western Nevada between and O'Clock
on the morning of June 3. Reports from
different points seem to place the center or
the wave at the same place on the boundary
line between the two states. No serious
damage was done.
a crowd Of men in Perry county,
Indiana ON Monday, lynched a brute named
Chas Davis for a beastly assault upon
girl fourteen years old, the crime being
committed while the parents We're at church
ON Sunday. The unfortunate child was
taken To the woods and was found tied to a
tree by those in search of her.
i Little Rock. Ark. dispatch of the
Ist SAYS the situation in the Choctaw ma
tion is becoming serious. Half-bree is
are leaving the nation in large
numbers and crossing into Arkansas for
safety Many Indians are under arms. \
battle between the full-blOOds and the half
breeds Is imminent.
BY a cloud burst during a storm
Sunday afternoon damage TO the amount
Of S20O1O was done at Oberlin, Ohio, the
streets being filed with rivers of water,
cellars and lower stories flooded and one
house flOated Off. ,OJ feet Of the Lake Shore
r. r.. was washed away.
\ Texas X Pacific express train was
robbed by four masked men eight miles
west Of Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday night
They took Sl.S0 from the express car and
three registered letters from the mail car.
The passengers were not molested.
John H. Fields. farmer living near
Helena. Ky, slot his wife and sons about ,
a. M Sunday and Their cut his throat. At
last account all were sin living. Jealousy
and financial embarrassment are named as
causes FOR the crime.
Senator Sherman has closely followed
Mr. Blaine into Illinois where receptions
were arranged for him at Springfield and
Chicago June I and > in which cities he
made political addresses.
One third Of the prosperous village
Of sycamore. Wyandotte, County, Ohio,
was destroyed by fire May 81, including the
post-oflice and principal stores. Incendiar-
ism was the cause.
Capt j. II. McNaugh. Twentieth
cavalry, is ordered to report after July /, TO
Gen. Ruger, president Of the retiring board,
for examination by the board.
Five persons were killed and sixty
injured in the chihuahua, Mexico,
cathedral panic